Microsoft Mac Business Unit touts Office 2008 for Mac--Sneak Peek 6 is Out

Microsoft's Mac Business Unit (Mac BU) set up a Sneak Peek Web site for Office 2008 for Mac due out early next year. Sneak Peek 6 shows how Office 2008 offers simplified ways to share and manage your projects in PowerPoint 2008 and Word 2008 with the following Office 2008 for
Mac enhancements:

PowerPoint 2008

• Send to iPhoto: With Office 2008, users can share presentations from
  their Macs to their iPods. By enabling users to save slide shows to iPhoto, PowerPoint makes it easy to deliver mobile presentations from your iPod. Just save the show as either a PNG or JPEG file and transfer to an iPod to enable portable pitches, proposals and presentations.
• Apple Remote Control-enabled: PowerPoint 2008 takes advantage of Apple Remote control, allowing presenters to roam the room while using the simple six-button functionality to remotely control their slideshow.
  

Word 2008

• Notebook Layout View Improvements: The Notebook Layout View in Word has been improved to provide greater flexibility to manage your thoughts. Users now have the ability to customize their workspace with different backgrounds, as well as add color-coded tabs to ensure a more efficient note-taking taking experience. All this in addition to the powerful features users are familiar with including synchronized audio notes, and task integration with Entourage.

In December, the Mac BU promises to deliver even more feature updates and a significant RTM (Release To Manufacturing) milestone. [Bill Fox]